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The Purple Heart award is a 1 + 3 ⁄ 8-inch-wide (35 mm) purple- and gold-colored heart-shaped brass-alloy medal containing a profile of General George Washington. Above the heart appears a shield of the coat of arms of George Washington (a white shield with two red bars and three red stars in chief) between sprays of green leaves.
The committee reported on a design for the Navy the following year, but there is no record of a report about a seal for the Treasury. [1] [2] The actual creator of the U.S. Treasury seal was Francis Hopkinson, [4] who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and also contributed to the design of the Great Seal of the United ...
A Law Enforcement Purple Heart and Certificate issued by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. United States law enforcement decorations are awarded by the police forces of the United States of America. Since the United States has a decentralized police force, with separate independent departments existing on the state and local level ...
The back design is green. 1875 (): As above, except with a different reverse. 1878 (): A silver certificate $20 note with a portrait of Stephen Decatur on the right side of the face. The back design is black. 1882 (): A new gold certificate, with a portrait of James Garfield on the right of the face. The back is orange and features an eagle.
Similar to the recently redesigned $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills, the new $5 bill features an American symbol of freedom printed in the background: The Great Seal of the United States, featuring an eagle and shield, is printed in purple to the right of the portrait and an arc of purple stars surround both it and the portrait. [citation needed]
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In 1932, the United States War Department authorized the new Purple Heart Medal for soldiers who had previously received either a Wound Chevron or the Army Wound Ribbon. At that time, it was also determined that the Purple Heart Medal would be considered the official "successor decoration" to the Badge of Military Merit. [13]